Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$), gaps filled by country
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) with 155 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Countries reporting
154
Highest
189.15 billion BoP, current US$
United States
Lowest
-1.45 million BoP, current US$
Guinea
Median
15.52 million BoP, current US$
Years covered
64
1962–2025
Data points
6,588
What the numbers show
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$), gaps filled is currently reported for 154 countries. The highest value is 189.15 billion BoP, current US$ in United States; the lowest is -1.45 million BoP, current US$ in Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.52 million BoP, current US$, and the mean is 3.98 billion BoP, current US$.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Tanzania (up 109,398.0%), and the largest decrease in Guinea (down 569.8%).
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 189.15 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 70.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Netherlands | 61.99 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 138.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Japan | 54.53 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 49.5% | volatile |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 54.39 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 162.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Germany | 50.23 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 108.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Switzerland | 35.11 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 7 | France | 20.94 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Ireland | 18.92 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 158.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Singapore | 15.68 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 81.2% | volatile |
| 10 | China | 13.07 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 1,105.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Sweden | 11.97 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 12 | South Korea | 9.98 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Denmark | 8.61 billion BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 244.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Spain | 8.08 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 400.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Canada | 7.81 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 91.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Australia | 7.27 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 533.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Italy | 6.05 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 105.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Belgium | 5.16 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 61.1% | rising |
| 19 | Finland | 4.49 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 82.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Israel | 4.34 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 296.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Cyprus | 3.35 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 1,697.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 2.43 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 111.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Austria | 2.31 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 119.3% | rising |
| 24 | Poland | 1.90 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 356.6% | volatile |
| 25 | India | 1.74 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 272.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Hungary | 1.67 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Brazil | 1.16 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 100.3% | volatile |
| 28 | New Zealand | 1.10 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 198.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Czechia | 1.04 billion BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 122.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 709.99 million BoP, current US$ | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 31 | Russia | 634.39 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Norway | 621.51 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Turkey | 554.00 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 465.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 421.43 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 742.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Mexico | 407.08 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Thailand | 350.36 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 313.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Malaysia | 347.67 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 358.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Argentina | 340.11 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 110.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Serbia | 259.85 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 474.0% | volatile |
| 40 | South Africa | 234.71 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Iceland | 233.13 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 42 | Colombia | 226.91 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 124.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia | 225.90 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 153.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Indonesia | 217.49 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 317.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Malta | 214.70 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Portugal | 200.26 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 185.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Romania | 194.75 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 114.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Slovenia | 187.21 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 221.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Ghana | 185.61 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 93.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Croatia | 163.34 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 524.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Uruguay | 133.80 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 256.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Belarus | 123.84 million BoP, current US$ | 2021 | up 443.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Paraguay | 114.10 million BoP, current US$ | 1994 | up 75.8% | rising |
| 54 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 108.50 million BoP, current US$ | 2009 | — | rising |
| 55 | Chile | 101.25 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 141.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Estonia | 96.92 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 714.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Slovakia | 67.42 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 156.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Ukraine | 67.00 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Greece | 48.63 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 54.9% | rising |
| 60 | Georgia | 44.98 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 7,836.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Peru | 44.69 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 226.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Tanzania | 43.80 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 109,398.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Kenya | 41.53 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 36.96 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 4,073.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Haiti | 29.73 million BoP, current US$ | 2015 | up 562.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Lebanon | 25.52 million BoP, current US$ | 2023 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 24.60 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 166.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 24.36 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 5,493.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Philippines | 23.74 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 112.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Jordan | 22.68 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 109.1% | rising |
| 71 | Latvia | 20.37 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 205.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Tunisia | 19.94 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Egypt | 18.40 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 1,572.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Guatemala | 18.21 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Myanmar | 16.91 million BoP, current US$ | 2019 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 16.73 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 59,657.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.68 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 78 | South Sudan | 14.36 million BoP, current US$ | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Barbados | 14.00 million BoP, current US$ | 2017 | up 3,462.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Morocco | 13.95 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 321.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Kiribati | 13.43 million BoP, current US$ | 1994 | up 519.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Pakistan | 13.00 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Lithuania | 12.42 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Kyrgyzstan | 11.26 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 700.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.19 million BoP, current US$ | 2022 | up 2,285.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Uzbekistan | 8.57 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 748.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Ecuador | 7.58 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Senegal | 7.30 million BoP, current US$ | 2023 | up 304.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Cambodia | 6.92 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 1,122.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Jamaica | 6.11 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Maldives | 5.58 million BoP, current US$ | 2010 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Albania | 5.32 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 173.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Curacao | 4.74 million BoP, current US$ | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 94 | Malawi | 4.55 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 201.5% | rising |
| 95 | Moldova | 4.38 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Sierra Leone | 3.78 million BoP, current US$ | 2015 | up 225.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Namibia | 3.74 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Cayman Islands | 3.46 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Mongolia | 2.88 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Madagascar | 2.85 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 68.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Samoa | 2.63 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 3,540.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Uganda | 2.56 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 80.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Belize | 2.50 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 104 | Zimbabwe | 2.37 million BoP, current US$ | 2016 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Kosovo | 1.88 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 508.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 1.88 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 508.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Seychelles | 1.52 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Algeria | 1.37 million BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 247.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Iraq | 1.30 million BoP, current US$ | 2023 | up 333.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Faroe Islands | 1.18 million BoP, current US$ | 2011 | up 5,815.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Bangladesh | 1.18 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Montenegro | 1.09 million BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Benin | 1.05 million BoP, current US$ | 2021 | up 30,064.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Botswana | 967,546 BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 416.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Cameroon | 942,194 BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 356.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Burkina Faso | 678,098 BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 117 | Rwanda | 677,020 BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 273.1% | rising |
| 118 | Mauritius | 622,503 BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Panama | 564,535 BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 120 | El Salvador | 529,446 BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Vanuatu | 469,007 BoP, current US$ | 2022 | up 171.5% | volatile |
| 122 | New Caledonia | 442,189 BoP, current US$ | 2016 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 396,643 BoP, current US$ | 2023 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Cote d'Ivoire | 374,374 BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Guyana | 353,000 BoP, current US$ | 2023 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 126 | French Polynesia | 223,996 BoP, current US$ | 2016 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Eswatini | 223,849 BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 713.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Bermuda | 175,783 BoP, current US$ | 2023 | up 1,793.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Fiji | 174,889 BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Lesotho | 161,142 BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 131 | Saint Lucia | 134,767 BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Mozambique | 122,123 BoP, current US$ | 2012 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Cape Verde | 116,537 BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 472.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 99,967 BoP, current US$ | 2013 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Solomon Islands | 70,147 BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Mali | 60,092 BoP, current US$ | 2023 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Grenada | 49,567 BoP, current US$ | 2025 | up 250.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Aruba | 45,134 BoP, current US$ | 2023 | up 60,035.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Niger | 24,738 BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 3,556.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Palestine | 20,218 BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 398.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Suriname | 17,583 BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Tuvalu | 14,829 BoP, current US$ | 2012 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 143 | Angola | 12,605 BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Bolivia | 11,888 BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Ethiopia | 1,484 BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Burundi | 1,261 BoP, current US$ | 2025 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Togo | 694.94 BoP, current US$ | 2020 | down 94.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Tajikistan | 660 BoP, current US$ | 2023 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Sudan | 479.03 BoP, current US$ | 2015 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Afghanistan | 335.19 BoP, current US$ | 2020 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Dominica | 71.11 BoP, current US$ | 2020 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Sao Tome and Principe | 17.42 BoP, current US$ | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 153 | Bhutan | -8,581 BoP, current US$ | 2024 | down 233.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Guinea | -1.45 million BoP, current US$ | 2013 | down 569.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 520.45 billion BoP, current US$
- High income 501.94 billion BoP, current US$
- Post-demographic dividend 490.64 billion BoP, current US$
- OECD members 481.94 billion BoP, current US$
- Europe & Central Asia 212.04 billion BoP, current US$
- North America 196.95 billion BoP, current US$
- European Union 120.61 billion BoP, current US$
- Euro area 103.84 billion BoP, current US$
- East Asia & Pacific 102.24 billion BoP, current US$
- Late-demographic dividend 21.99 billion BoP, current US$
- IDA & IBRD total 21.91 billion BoP, current US$
- IBRD only 21.69 billion BoP, current US$
- Low & middle income 18.51 billion BoP, current US$
- Middle income 18.51 billion BoP, current US$
- Upper middle income 16.52 billion BoP, current US$
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 13.67 billion BoP, current US$
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 13.67 billion BoP, current US$
- Early-demographic dividend 7.82 billion BoP, current US$
- Central Europe and the Baltics 5.60 billion BoP, current US$
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 4.61 billion BoP, current US$
- Small states 3.68 billion BoP, current US$
- Other small states 3.68 billion BoP, current US$
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 3.59 billion BoP, current US$
- Latin America & Caribbean 2.45 billion BoP, current US$
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 2.45 billion BoP, current US$
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 2.19 billion BoP, current US$
- Lower middle income 1.98 billion BoP, current US$
- South Asia 1.74 billion BoP, current US$
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 1.74 billion BoP, current US$
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 440.59 million BoP, current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 420.61 million BoP, current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa 420.61 million BoP, current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 420.61 million BoP, current US$
- Arab World 258.25 million BoP, current US$
- Africa Eastern and Southern 234.89 million BoP, current US$
- IDA total 220.28 million BoP, current US$
- IDA only 198.39 million BoP, current US$
- Africa Western and Central 185.73 million BoP, current US$
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 185.62 million BoP, current US$
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 45.35 million BoP, current US$
How this figure is calculated
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) with 155 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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About this data
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts (BoP, current US$) with 155 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.